slow key press responses, cast time abilities and mobility

[ceedeepee]

Would be curious if these are just my issues or if others are having similar experiences

1. It seems that at times I can stop all actions but press just one ability for several seconds, and it will refuse to activate. there also seems to be a delay and general ability cast times.
- unsure if its a lag spike or ♥♥♥♥ net or PC issues, or if others have this experience also.

2. I am using the barrage skill in my build, and only once i had reached about level 16 before i even realised it had a ability cast time!! i am trying to use it as needed, but i feel with the above issue also happening, many times you have to watch the icon for several seconds to make sure it works, and in a boss fight, this is often fatal.
-why do abilities even have cast times? not animations, but you have to hold a button down for a set amount of time? i personally don't see the need. if you don't want it spammed. set a cool-down, cast times are not for me.

3. I have escape shot in my rotation for some more mobility, as everything arrives in your face as soon as it appears on your screen, and it gets stuck on EVERYTHING. if you are next to a wall and don't get the cursor perfectly along the wall, you wont move anywhere. this can be with anything, if there is something to interfere in the slightest, all movement is stopped. this includes the items and environmental elements that the character could easily get over. I noticed in the valley of the giants, that they could not be jumped over. I thought that was an awesome touch. but, that means you have thought about leap height, but set a roof, but did not set a minimum. so it is effectively another roll ability, not a leap/escape.
- this is the most frustrating of the 3 for me. As i did not play POE1, i do not come from a background where this may be accepted, but it feels extremely clunky, and not at all intuitive as to how that ability would work. The constant catching on an edge will leave me to spam jumping for several seconds all while checking where my mouse position is, and no idea what i might be caught on, or which direction i should go to get out. looking after, it is usually a pot or a few small rocks. I am not looking for an auto directional fix, but getting caught on the smallest corner of a tapered but of terrain is frustrating for anyone.

I gotta say. Great game. Turned the chat logs off and just played like is 2000 again haha.

Just entered Act 3 after clearing each level fully.
I am not aiming to set any high scores in this game, but there are a couple of things i am not sure are my setup/net or issues others are experiencing.

[Vespertellino]

1. def something odd happening

[Dwane Dibbley]

1 + 2 is probably problem of using spells/skills while you are still "casting" previous one. It took me some time to get used to it and i still fail sometims.

[Kostil Vyaliy]

this game just slow, just take it as it is

[ceedeepee]

Originally posted by Dwane Dibbley:

1 + 2 is probably problem of using spells/skills while you are still "casting" previous one. It took me some time to get used to it and i still fail sometims.

Is there a queue system? new to POE, and haven't really played anything since old D3. It just comes across as janky. i did slow down a fair bit which helped, but it seems like it needs some attention.

[Vespertellino]

Originally posted by ceedeepee:

Originally posted by Dwane Dibbley:

1 + 2 is probably problem of using spells/skills while you are still "casting" previous one. It took me some time to get used to it and i still fail sometims.

Is there a queue system? new to POE, and haven't really played anything since old D3. It just comes across as janky. i did slow down a fair bit which helped, but it seems like it needs some attention.

Try investing a bit into cast speed and see if it helps

[ceedeepee]

Originally posted by Le Toucan:

Originally posted by ceedeepee:

Is there a queue system? new to POE, and haven't really played anything since old D3. It just comes across as janky. i did slow down a fair bit which helped, but it seems like it needs some attention.

Try investing a bit into cast speed and see if it helps

actually trying to play it through first time blind. I haven't looked anything up, just played how i wanted. i'll check it out later though. thanks :)

[Dwane Dibbley]

Originally posted by ceedeepee:

Originally posted by Dwane Dibbley:

1 + 2 is probably problem of using spells/skills while you are still "casting" previous one. It took me some time to get used to it and i still fail sometims.

Is there a queue system? new to POE, and haven't really played anything since old D3. It just comes across as janky. i did slow down a fair bit which helped, but it seems like it needs some attention.

Its not rly queue issue, its just if you use ability with 1 sec cast time and try to use something 0.5sec later, it wont happen since you are still casting previous thing.

Its abit weird if you are used to fast action with alot of instants or fast casts as PoE2 has alot of things with 1+sec casts. And movement during cast is also counterintuitive as you may think you are not realy "hardcasting".

[Nefser]

As others have been mentioning, I've found it a bit frustrating, but am just trying to slow myself down and not spam the keys to aggressively.

You/I need to watch the game a bit more and balance movement, dodges and actions to keep 'the flow', and not get stalled when the previous action hasn't finished and I'm trying to hit the next one.

[Schadow]

I have experienced this as well on my merc trying to place ripwire ballista, throwing grenades. This is including dedicated all stop on other functions and pressing 2-3 times before it executes. Definitely worth a look by the devs, probably just needs a bolt tightened =P

[ceedeepee]

Originally posted by Nefser:

As others have been mentioning, I've found it a bit frustrating, but am just trying to slow myself down and not spam the keys to aggressively.

You/I need to watch the game a bit more and balance movement, dodges and actions to keep 'the flow', and not get stalled when the previous action hasn't finished and I'm trying to hit the next one.

yeah i have definitely noticed myself stalling. you miss one timing window, and your rhythm gets ♥♥♥♥♥♥ and then nothing works.literally need to stop everything for one sec.. not always possible lmao

[XDvsMindX]

I have the same input lag issue. Mouse input seems to be fine, but keyboard lag or the game just not responding to it is a big issue. I have to hit the keybind multiple times to ensure the spell or ability casts. I die a lot due to this. Its killing the game for me. I dont have this issue in any other game, just POE 2.